Youths help New Orleans homeowners while building own skills
At a shotgun double near the corner of Dumaine and North White streets, about a dozen young men and women are painting primer on new Sheetrock walls.
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Michael Frank,foreground on porch, is an instructor with the Kedila Youth Build job training/GED program working on painting a house at 2806 Dumaine St. on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
The workers wear sky-blue T-shirts bearing the message: "Knowledge and integrity go hand in hand."
Across town at the Kedila Family Learning Center, 1915 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., another group of young people is in class, preparing to take the GED exam.
Both groups are participating in YouthBuild, a nationwide program that teaches life skills and work ethic to young people who have...